Events in Sports History in June 2022

Jun 4 French Open Women's Tennis: Polish world #1 Iga Świątek beats American teenager Coco Gauff, 6–1, 6–3 for her second Franch singles title

French Open Men's Tennis

Jun 5 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Casper Ruud of Norway, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0; record 22nd Grand Slam singles title and 14th French singles title

Jun 5 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles Lodge & GC: Australian Minjee Lee beats American Mina Harigae by 4 strokes for her second major title
Jun 9 The controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series gets underway at the Centurion Club, Hertfordshire; PGA suspends 17 participating players
Jun 11 Charl Schwartzel hangs on to beat fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis by a stroke to win the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event at the Centurion GC, Hertfordshire; pockets massive US$4.75m for the victory

NBA Finals

Jun 16 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors beat Boston Celtics, 103-90 for a 4-2 series win; Warriors' 4th title in 8 years; MVP: Stephen Curry

US Golf Open

Jun 19 US Open Men's Golf, The CC, Brookline, Mass.: Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick wins his first major title with a 1 stroke win over American pair Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris

Jun 21 MLB Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani has career high 8 RBI in 11-inning 12-11 loss to Kansas City Royals in Anaheim, California
Jun 22 MLB Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani strikes out career high 13 batters, retires 23 of last 24 batters faced in 5-0 win over Kansas City Royals in Anaheim, California

Sports History

Jun 24 American Katie Ledecky wins the 800m gold medal in 8:08.04 at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest; completes 400/800/1500m treble for unprecedented 4th time at a single worlds

Jun 26 Stanley Cup Final, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL: Colorado Avalanche beats two-time defending champions Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1 for a 4-2 series win; Avs 3rd championship in franchise history
Jun 26 Women's PGA Championship, Congressional CC: Despite carding finishing rounds of 75, 75 Chun In-gee of South Korea holds on to beat Minjee Lee and Lexi Thompson by 1 stroke for her third major title